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Ms. Rodriguez from Tampa FL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Dual Language Students Love to Read!

Help me give my students fiction and non-fiction picture books in Spanish to build our dual language classroom library.

  • $402 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

I am a kindergarten teacher in a Title I school teaching 36 wonderful students. Our community is made up of hard-working, caring, and supportive multicultural families. My co-teaching partner and I are teaching the kindergarten curriculum in a Spanish and English dual language class. Half of the students are Spanish dominant and the other half are English dominant. The students are excited about learning in two languages! Their goal is to become biliterate - learn to read, speak, and write in two languages all while meeting Kindergarten level expectations.

My Project

This is my first year teaching kindergarten in a dual language classroom. These books will help to continue to build our classroom library. The students will love reading popular fiction and non-fiction books such as Papa, bajame la luna, David va a la escuela y Los Pinguinos, and Osos Polares y Pinguinos. Research shows that "Developing proficiency in two languages is associated positively with greater cognitive flexibility and awareness of language, which contributes to academic achievement." Our kindergarten students will be able to enjoy reading these wonderful books in Spanish as they continue to grow on their journey to becoming biliterate!

Ms. Rodriguez
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Los vestidos de mamxe1 (Mom's Dresses) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.82 1 $12.82
Osos Polares y Pingxfcinos: Un libro de comparacixf3n y contraste [Polar Bears and Penguins: A Compare and Contrast Book] (Spanish Edition) (Arbordale Collection) • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
La gallina Cocorina (Clucky the Hen) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.90 1 $11.90
El suexf1o de Chocolate (Chocolate's Dream) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
Escuchando con mi Corazxf3n: Una cuento de bondad y autocompasixf3n (Listening with my Heart) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.31 1 $11.31
El caballero que no tenxeda caballo (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
Huevos verdes con jamxf3n (Green Eggs and Ham Spanish Edition) (Beginner Books(R)) • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
xbfSabes algo sobre insectos? (Do You Know about Insects?) (Libros Rayo ― Conoce los grupos de animales (Lightning Bolt Books xae ― Meet the Animal Groups)) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
xbfSabes algo sobre aves? (Do You Know about Birds?) (Libros Rayo ― Conoce los grupos de animales (Lightning Bolt Books xae ― Meet the Animal Groups)) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
xbfSabes algo sobre mamxedferos? (Do You Know about Mammals?) (Libros Rayo ― Conoce los grupos de animales (Lightning Bolt Books xae ― Meet the Animal Groups)) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Sapo y Sepo son amigos / Frog and Toad Are Friends (Spanish Edition) (Sapo y Sepo / Frog and Toad) • Amazon Business $8.67 1 $8.67
Kiki Kokxed: La Leyenda Encantada del Coquxed (Kiki Kokxed: The Enchanted Legend of the Coquxed Frog) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.42 1 $8.42
xa1Yo puedo leer con los ojos cerrados! ( (Beginner Books(R)) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.11 1 $8.11
Tortillitas para Mamxe1 and Other Nursery Rhymes (Bilingual Edition in Spanish and English) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
La Noche En Que Txfa Naciste (On the Night You Were Born) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.89 1 $7.89
Spot va a la escuela (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.85 1 $7.85
La llama llama rojo pijama (Spanish language edition) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
El Pinguino Taky (Tacky the Penguin) • Amazon Business $7.57 1 $7.57
El mitxf3n (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.57 1 $7.57
Papxe1, por favor, bxe1jame la luna (Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me) (The World of Eric Carle) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.48 1 $7.48
El Gato ensombrerado ha regresado (The Cat in the Hat Comes Back Spanish Edition) (Beginner Books(R)) • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29
xa1Diez manzanas en la cabeza! (Beginner Books(R)) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.23 1 $7.23
xa1Esperar no es fxe1cil! (Spanish Edition) (An Elephant and Piggie Book) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
xbfCxf3mo dicen estoy enojado los dinosaurios? (How Do Dinosaurs Say I'm Mad?): (Spanish language edition of How Do Dinosaurs Say I'M MAD!) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Como van a la escuela los dinosaurios? (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Baby Shark / Bebxe9 Tiburxf3n (Bilingual): Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo / Duu Duu Duu Duu Duu Duu (Spanish and English Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Adelita • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
La silla de Pedro (Penguin Ediciones) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Juan Bobo busca trabajo: Juan Bobo Goes to Work (Spanish edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Un Pez Dos Peces Pez Rojo Pez Azul (One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish Spanish Edition) (Beginner Books(R)) • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
xa1No, David! (No, David!) (David Books) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.59 1 $6.59
xbfDxf3nde estxe1 Spot? • Amazon Business $6.52 1 $6.52
xbfCxf3mo son buenos amigos los dinosaurios? (How Do Dinosaurs Stay Friends?) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.52 1 $6.52
xa1Crece ya, David! (Grow Up, David!) (David Books) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.51 1 $6.51
La vida del pingxfcino (xa1Mira cxf3mo crece!) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Pete the Cat and the Itsy Bitsy Spider • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Teacher Created Materials - Literary Text: Mi abuelito y yo (Grandpa and Me) - Grade 1 - Guided Reading Level C • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The Gingerbread Man (Keepsake Stories, Bilingual) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Quxe9 cosas dice mi abuela (The Things My Grandmother Says): (Spanish language edition of The Things My Grandmother Says) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$306.98

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$341.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$60.28

Total project goal

$401.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$401.86

2 Donors

-$250.93

Donations toward project cost

-$213.29

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.64

match offer

-$150.93

Match offer toward project cost

-$128.29

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.64

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